Not how I'd choose to spend my Saturday mornings, but ... whatever

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1,600 - 1,700 residents drive (okay, it’s probably Manuel or Consuela behind the wheel), their rotted vegetables, discarded designer dresses, books, assorted broken toys and unwanted children to the dump every Saturday and leave cloaked in the warm glow of satisfaction knowing that they’ve just saved the world and stopped global warming. I don’t see any battery cars in the pictures accompanying the linked-to article, just CO2-spewing conventional vehicles, so there’s bound to be a substantial net reduction from that noble effort, but even virtue has its price.

At 86-years-old, a brilliant comedian discovers the results of his decades of parroting the liberal cant. Sorry, John, your bird is dead. (Updated)

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UPDATE: At least there’s one sign of progress in a small corner of Europe. Of course, the men will probably just move their harems to NYC, but at least Portugal will be improved.

Small signs, growing ever larger

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everything’s cool, man

Elizabeth Stauffer, Legal Insurrection:

Mamdani’s Judicial Advisory Panel Has One Glaring Omission: Jewish Members

“The odds of selecting 18 NYC lawyers at random and ending up with a panel containing no Jews are 0.55 to the 18th power — or roughly one chance in 47,149.”

Another X user put it even more bluntly:

Don’t be surprised that Mamdani—a man for whom a Judenrein Middle East is his political lodestar—also wants a Judenrein NYC. About 45% of NYC lawyers are Jewish. The odds of selecting 18 NYC lawyers at random and ending up with a panel containing no Jews are 0.55 to the 18th power—or roughly one chance in 47,149.

And it’s not about “Zionism.” There are plenty of anti-Zionist Jewish lawyers he could have picked, including thousands who, to their shame, voted for him. It’s about Jews. He hates Jews. It’s not complex.

Growing …

David Strom, HotAir

Jews Are Fleeing...Canada?

It's not just Canada, of course. Fewer and fewer countries are safe havens for Jews anymore. 

The Jewish exodus from European countries to Israel or, in some cases, to the United States seems to be accelerating as Muslim migration has been picking up for years in the same countries. ….

Canada, like most Western countries, has seen a huge spike in hostility to Jews and a worrying increase in violence directed against them. For a country that has been growing like hotcakes—its population has grown by about 30% over the past 25 years, almost entirely due to immigration—the outflow of high-income earners to greener pastures should be worrisome. 

It's importing people with worse education and fewer skills while it exports high-wage earners, and a good chunk of those are Jews. 

And larger still …

Unfortunately, the increasing hostility to Jews is not just a Canadian or European phenomenon. Nearly four years of relentless propaganda has left its mark on the United States as well, and you are starting to see that in election results.

Fauci takes another shot

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Fauci Wrote About Not Admitting Vaccine’s Ineffectiveness Due to Mandates and Boosters

Catherine Salgado, PJ Media:

The nausea-inducing revelations from Anthony Fauci‘s daily logs during his time as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases just keep coming in. 

The Association of American Physicians highlighted the entry from Aug. 13, 2022. Note the date—this is long after the first round of COVID vaccines and mandates, and long after we should’ve had any COVID-19 restrictions at all. In that entry, Fauci complained about having to prevent the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from admitting that the shots were not all that effective at preventing transmission of the virus, saying that he didn’t want this to get out because it would undermine the justifications for mandates and confidence in the upcoming boosters. What he did not explain is why it was so important to have the mandates and the boosters if they were not in fact effective at saving lives. He did, however, describe the truth as "damning."

At the time of Fauci's entry, Rochelle Walensky was the director of the CDC. Fauci angrily wrote about "drama" at the CDC, including Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. "After much going back and forth between the CDC and the other docs including me, Vivek [Murthy], Sheve Cha, and to some extent [Chief Science Officer of the White House COVID-19 Response Team] David Kessler, we thought we had gotten them pulled back from making the statement that the vaccines were not effective at all in preventing infection and transmission." Don't forget that Fauci had stressed in late 2021 in this same journal about his risk of infection from an event where everyone was vaccinated.

Fauci described any statement challenging the COVID vaccines' efficacy as "not entirely true" because there was "modest but declining protection," though he knew that the shots certainly were not effective on the level he'd testified to Congress and spoken of in the media for years. But Fauci's "issue" with honesty in this case was "this would conflict with the statement and effort of recommending that people get the updated bivalent BA.5 vaccine in September. In addition, it would undermine the DoJ's efforts at mandates for vaccines under certain circumstances." Read that again. His only concern is that people might not accept an admittedly ineffective shot or would challenge the legitimacy of vaccine mandates should the truth come out.

Related: Florida Announces Investigation Into Fauci Since His Pardon Isn't for State Charges

Continuing his log, Fauci said the CDC had agreed to a "more measured approach" on admitting cautiously that the vaccines were not 100% effective. "However, although they did this on their website, the MMWR [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report] that cam [sic] out yesterday had the same original damning language." Yes, he called it "damning." Someone named Larry Horowitz went "off the wall" about the MMWR and called Fauci to say "this is the last straw and he was sure that when [White House Chief of Staff] Ron Klain gets back from Spain this weekend he would fire Rochelle ... Let us see what happens.....probably nothing." White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Kumar Jha was of roughly the same opinion as Horowitz. They all thought Walensky eligible for firing because she admitted too much of the truth! Walensky did resign in 2023.

No money was wasted on improving this 1960 house, and that was a smart move

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177 Indian Head Road, Riverside, has finally found a buyer and presumably will be selling for something approximately close to its $4.950 million guide price. The owners paid $4.250 for it in 2008 (on an original asking price of $5.925), so, ignoring inflation, they’ll be back where they started, with some hefty rental fees collected over the years.

Old, tired, and located in what used to be a saltwater marsh, I’ll be surprised if the current structure is still standing by spring.

As I was just saying, land, or residence? These days, you just can't guess, so homeowners, don’t try to.

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A former owner of 64 Hillside Road purchased it for $1.325 million in 2021, renovated it, and sold it for $2.5 million this past July 17th. Here’s how it was described then:

Beautifully renovated and thoughtfully reimagined, this light-filled 3-bedroom, 2.1-bath residence offers effortless one-floor living on a private and serene 0.72-acre property in central Greenwich.

Blending modern updates with timeless appeal, the home is perfectly positioned just moments from top schools, town, and transportation. Sun-drenched interiors feature an open and inviting layout, highlighted by a spacious family room with tranquil garden views and seamless access to an expansive stone patio ideal for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining.

The elegant living room, anchored by a fireplace, creates a warm and sophisticated atmosphere, while the formal dining room and updated eat-in kitchen provide the perfect setting for both intimate gatherings and larger-scale entertaining. FAR total for the property is 4234 so plenty of FAR left for expansion.

Today there’s a new listing for the property, announcing that the existing house will be razed and a new, $7.495 million, 6,975 sq.ft house built as its replacement.

The lesson here for owners of older homes thinking of selling is, don’t waste your money performing expensive renovations – the difference between the $1.325 the former owner paid and the $2.5 he received was entirely due to the skyrocketing cost of land, so whatever he spent on those renovations was money that could have remained in his pocket.

A man who will go down in infamy

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Scott Pinsker, PJMedia:

Anthony Fauci, The Man Who Destroyed America’s Trust in Science.

…. Dr. Fauci could’ve been honest with the American people. There was no legitimate reason to lie. And had he been courageous enough to tell the truth, when the next pandemic strikes — and eventually, there WILL be another one — the American people would have all the confidence in the world that their government was giving them 100% accurate information.

But that’s not what he did. 

Fauci played fast and loose with the origins of the COVID virus. He lied about advising political officials to shut down schools, funerals, and public gatherings. He exaggerated the efficacy of facemasks. He broke bread with celebrity journalists while telling everyone else to quarantine. He reveled in his newfound celebrity status — like he was a scantily-clad Instagram model collecting followers.

Now, when the next pandemic hits, a huge percentage of Americans will refuse to be vaccinated. (Even if the scientific data overwhelmingly suggests that it’s our smartest, safest strategy!) It’s entirely possible that tens of millions of Americans will die.

All because Dr. Fauci shattered the public trust.

The Hill published excerpts of the Fauci Diary:

“Big front page article abut [sic] me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson [sic] in the world,” wrote Fauci.

Bill Gates lost his reputation because of his libido. Dr. Fauci’s Achilles’ heel was his runaway ego.

Forget about a God Complex! Fauci’s ego was so out of control, he was practically accusing God of having a Fauci Complex!

Either way, the die is cast: The two architects of our COVID strategy were both relegated to the scrapheap of public opinion. Neither will rebound.

But then again, maybe that’s a good thing.

Because, during the next pandemic, perhaps the government will lie once more. After all, our government consists of people — replete with egos, frailties, ambitions, and biases — the same as our doctors and scientists. 

And perhaps the God’s honest truth is, they never deserved to be trusted.

New listing in Riverside, but the question is, residential, or land?

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13 Hidden Brook Drive has been listed today by Sally Maloney with a guide price of $2.950 million. Long back in the dim mists of history — say, six month ago — a price like this would automatically be assumed to reflect the value of a property as an end-use residence, not a mere starting point for a $10 million mansion. Today? We’ll see.